Thunderstrike 2 media
Thunderstrike 2 was reported on by many sources. Kim Zetter of Wired had the scoop and many of the additional articles were based on her reporting.
Week of 2015-08-10
- Black Hat 2015: Thunderstrike 2, le ver qui plombe les Mac de proche en proche (Gilbert Kallenborn, 01net.com)
- Az Apple védtelen az új támadók ellen (Palugyai István, nol.hu)
- Thunder Strikes Mac Firmware Again – Daily Security Byte EP.123 (Corey Nachreiner, Watch Guard Security Center (video, 4 minutes)) ★
- Thunderstrike 2: Macbook firmware worm (hacker news)
- Insecurity despite Obscurity: Thunderstrike 2 Rootkit Can Now Infect Macs Remotely (Trend Micro)
- Thunderstrike 2 (osnews)
2015-08-05
- Interested in Mac viruses? Here's Thunderstrike 2, a.k.a. the "firmworm" (Paul Ducklin, Sophos Naked Security) ★
- Why you shouldn't freak out about this week's scary-sounding Mac exploits (Glenn Fleishman plus kittens, Macworld) ★
- New Zero-Day Exploit Can Completely Brick Your Mac (Roman Dillet, Tech Crunch)
- Apple will fix Mac OS X bug amid security concerns (Alex Hern, The Guardian)
- Apple is fixing that scary Mac OS X bug sooner than expected (Cadie Thompson, Business Insider)
- Apple to patch actively exploited privilege escalation bug in OS X 10.10.5 - report (Sam Oliver, Apple Insider)
- Apple thunderstruck by firmware worm (Ciara O'Brien, Irish Times)
- Macs Face Zero-Day Exploit and Firmware Worm (Tara Seals, Info Security Magazine)
- Thunderstrike 2: il firmware dei Mac è vulnerabile, formattare è inutile (Manolo de Agostini, Repubblica.it)
- New attack infects Macs in seconds, even without internet (Abhimanyu Ghoshal, The Next Web)
- Apple To Patch DYLD Security Bug As Concern Over Firmware Flaw Mounts (Jeff Stone, International Business Times)
2015-08-04
- What You Need to Know About the Thunderstrike 2 Worm (Rich Mogull, TidBITS) ★
- Thunderstrike 2: What you need to know (Rene Ritchie, iMore)
- Two Mac viruses strike at the heart of the platform's secure image (Alex Hern, The Guardian)
- OS X remote malware strikes Thunderbolt, hops hard drive swaps (Darren Pauli, The Register)
- Hak5: Windows 10 Upgrade Ransomware, Thunderstrike 2 Mac Hack, New TOR Anonymity Attack - Threatwire (video)
- Thunderstrike 2: Computerwurm nistet sich in Apple-Hardware ein (Spiegel Online de)
- Apple bug Thunderstrike 2 leaves Macs vulnerable to worm, could give hackers control of computers and go entirely undetected (Andrew Griffin, The Independent)
- Apple computers vulnerable to 'Thunderstrike 2' firmware worm (Jeremy Kirk, InfoWorld)
- Thunderstrike 2 Firmware Worm Proves Apple Needs a Bug Bounty (Graham Cluley, Intego) ★
- ThunderStrike 2 Attacks Mac’s Firmware Vulnerabilities (Chris Hauk, MacTrast)
- Mac firmware vulnerability returns with Thunderstrike 2.0 (Colm Gorey, Silicon Republic)
- Thunderstrike 2: Proof-of-concept worm could infect Macs (Nancy Owano, Phys.org)
- Thunderstrike 2 Could Attack Your Mac, but not Today (Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer)
- Nieuwe worm kan firmware van Mac-computers infecteren (NOS.nl)
- Thunderstrike 2: dit moet je weten over het nieuwe Mac-wormvirus (Lars Paymans, iCulture.nl)
- Worm Thunderstrike 2 infecteert Apple Mac (Suzanne Martens, Computable.nl)
- Hoe de Thunderstrike 2-worm ongemerkt je Mac kan besmetten (Wouter Nijsen, iPhoned.nl)
2015-08-03
- Researchers create first firmware worm that attacks Macs (Kim Zetter, Wired) ★
- Thunderstrike 2: Remote Attacks Can Now Install Super Stealth 'Firmworm' Backdoors On Apple Macs (Thomas Fox-Brewster, Forbes)
- Proof-of-concept firmware worm targets Apple computers (Cory Doctorow, boingboing)
- "Thunderstrike 2" rootkit uses Thunderbolt accessories to infect Mac firmware (Andrew Cunningham, arstechnica)
- Even Mac Computers Are Vulnerable To This Worm (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Motherboard)
- Researchers create a worm that infects Macs silently and permanently (Roberto Baldwin, engadget)
- Onderzoekers claimen worm die Macs ongemerkt besmet (nu.nl)
- Firmware worm that infects Mac cooked up by researchers (Lee Mathews, geek.com)
- BIOS write protection flaw discovered, here's everything you need to know (Shawn Knight, Tech Spot)
- New Mac ‘Sleep Mode’ Vulnerability Allows For Backdoor BIOS Attacks, Says Security Researcher (Cammy Harbison, iDigital Times)
- Macs vulnerable to same remote firmware exploits as Windows PCs, researchers find (Roger Fingas, Apple Insider)
- Macs can be remotely infected with firmware malware that remains after reformatting (Darlene Storm, PC World)
- This Apple Computer Bug Sounds Incredibly Nasty (Robert Hackett, Fortune / Time Magazine)
- Investigadores crean el primer malware que afecta el firmware de las Mac (Carlos, Fayer Wayer es)
- First Firmware worm able to infect Macs created by researchers (Juli Clover, Mac Rumors)
- Researchers create ‘Thunderstrike 2′ the first firmware worm to attack Apple Mac (Maya Kamath, TechWorm)
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